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‘Show Us Your Puppy’: Cute dogs of any age can win prizes
Animal Crazy» Orlando Sentinel – Animal CrazyVCA Animal Hospitals is running a contest for dog owners. The “Show Us Your Puppy” contest asks pet owners to share a photo or video of their dog — ANY AGE! — showing the antics of a puppy. VCA operates numerous animal hospitals in... -
Statin-free supplement? Not quite
Special to The TimesCould you review red yeast rice? I've started taking it in an attempt to lower my cholesterol and stay off statins. Diana Sherman Oaks The products: Lowly fungi have an amazing ability to create compounds that have strong effects on humans (alcohol,...Tags: Dietary Supplements, Health, Medical Research, Rutgers University, Mayo Clinic
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Giver, beware
Special to The TimesIt's a jolly time of year for companies selling health products. The credit cards are flying, wishful thinking hits an annual high, and shopper skepticism doesn't come easy. But many gadgets or supplements have all of the health-enhancing power of a...Tags: Gaming, Portland (Multnomah, Oregon), Diseases and Illnesses, Holidays, Illnesses
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Flowers as remedies
On a frigid winter's day inside his suburban Maryland home, Jim Duke is sipping a cup of hot tea made from nature's bounty. If it were a balmy winter or early spring day, he would pick rosemary and lavender from his garden to make the pale brew.
Instead,...Tags: Flu, Anxiety, Health and Medical Professionals, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), Owings Mills (Baltimore, Maryland)
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Success, setbacks in France
Sun foreign reporterDr. Jean-Pierre Aubert considers himself not only a general practitioner but a dealer of sorts. From his second-floor office up a winding staircase in an apartment building near the Sacre-Coeur Basilica, the doctor prescribes a drug called...Tags: Government, Drug Trafficking, Baltic Region, Crimes, Estonia
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New life for an old gem in Boyle Heights
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterOn Cinco de Mayo in 1945, thousands of people gathered to dedicate the Casa del Mexicano, a community center that served as a sentinel of Mexican culture in Los Angeles. In the 1950s, after the center moved west to Boyle Heights, stars from as far away...Tags: National or Ethnic Minorities, Euclid, Minority Groups, Judaism, Hispanic and Latino Americans
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01.19.09 Medicine Cabinet
Your Medicine Cabinet Needs an Annual Checkup, Too by Carol Lewis What kind of medicines and other health products should you keep on hand to treat minor ailments or injuries? More importantly, where's the best place in the house to keep them? Here'...Tags: Health, Vomiting, Symptoms, Illnesses, Health and Medical Professionals
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Disney Loses Its Appetite for Happy Meal Tie-Ins
For 10 years, Walt Disney Co. and McDonald's appeared to have the perfect marriage. Happy Meals bore little figurines of Nemo, Mr. Incredible and 101 Dalmatians. But no more. This is one relationship that's ending in part because of the children. Disney...Tags: Theme Park Vacations, The Walt Disney Co., Travel, Consumer Goods Industries, Amusement and Theme Parks
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Cold a factor in two Maryland deaths
Maryland WeatherIt's only October, and already state health officials are reporting two deaths in Maryland where cold weather was found to be a factor. It's fair warning that we need to be paying attention to folks in our community who may......Tags: Healthcare Policies, Health, Weather Reports, Maryland, Social Issues
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Brrrrr !! And colder tonight !
Maryland WeatherThat was bracing! Overnight lows ranged from around minus-8 degrees out in Garrett County, to about 11 degrees in Aberdeen. Here is a map with National Weather Service observer reports.We recorded a low of 10 degrees out on the WeatherDeck......Tags: Weather Reports, Maryland, Synthetics and Plastics, Rubber Products Industry, Organic Chemical Industry
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Are these really flu stoppers?
If you're looking for extra protection against swine flu, remember that not all health products live up to their ad copy. The Healthy Skeptic investigated four products that supposedly ward off the flu. The short story: We haven't really come all that far...Tags: Public Relations, Health, Companies and Corporations, Menifee (Riverside, California), Yale University
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